XLR8R News and Features: Kode9 and Toby Heys Launch AUDiNT, Release 'Martial Hauntology' Box Set

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1. Kode9 and Toby Heys Launch AUDiNT, Release 'Martial Hauntology' Box Set
2. Candide "Bit (Cromie Remix)"
3. Hear a Soulful New Edit from Eliphino
4. Mount Kimbie Shares New Mix, Announces Upcoming North American Tour
5. Innovative Japanese Pianist and Composer Ryuichi Sakamoto Diagnosed with Throat Cancer
6. Bag Raiders "Savannah (Roland Tings Remix)"
7. Hear an Upcoming 12" from MGUN
8. Four Tet Announces Remix 12" with Jay Daniel, Seven Davis Jr., and PhOtOmachine
9. Hear a New Collaborative Track from Funkineven and Jay Daniel
10. RBMA Announces the Complete List of Participants for Its 2014 Edition in Tokyo
11. Read About the Sing-Sing Break and How it Became the Backbone of Baltimore Club
12. Radio Slave & Thomas Gandey "XLR8R"

Kode9 and Toby Heys Launch AUDiNT, Release 'Martial Hauntology' Box Set Posted: 10 Jul 2014 11:44 AM PDT Aside from serving as a leading producer and the head of the esteemed Hyperdub label, Steve Goodman (a.k.a. Kode9, pictured above) has also dedicated much of his time to audio research, having served as a lecturer at the University of East London and authored the book Sonic Warfare: Sound, Affect, and The Ecology of Fear in 2009. Now, alongside Toby Heys (a research fellow at Manchester University), Goodman will release Martial Hauntology, an audio research box set which "investigates the properties of newly emergent super-directional speakers when coupled with infrasonic devices." read more

Candide "Bit (Cromie Remix)" Posted: 10 Jul 2014 11:00 AM PDT Pulled from NYC pair Candide's Don't You Go EP (released earlier this year via the Zappruder label), "Bit" has received the remix treatment from burgeoning Los Angeles talent Cromie (pictured above). read more

Hear a Soulful New Edit from Eliphino Posted: 10 Jul 2014 10:12 AM PDT On Monday, eclectic Berlin-based label Somethinksounds is set to drop a soul-slathered batch of re-edits titled The Love Below #3. The three-track affair will include reworkings from the likes of Seven Davis Jr, REKchampa, and Eliphino, whose contribution to the forthcoming effort is now streaming exclusively on XLR8R. read more

Mount Kimbie Shares New Mix, Announces Upcoming North American Tour Posted: 10 Jul 2014 09:26 AM PDT UK pair Mount Kimbie are set to embark on a brief North American tour beginning late next month, and to help spread the word the Warp outfit have dropped off a new mini-mix. read more

Innovative Japanese Pianist and Composer Ryuichi Sakamoto Diagnosed with Throat Cancer Posted: 10 Jul 2014 09:02 AM PDT A restlessly prolific musician, composer, and activist (among many other things), Ryuchi Sakamoto has announced that he has been diagnosed with throat cancer, and as a result, will be forced to put all of his professional projects and performances on hold as part of his recovery. read more

Bag Raiders "Savannah (Roland Tings Remix)" Posted: 10 Jul 2014 09:00 AM PDT Melbourne-based producer Roland Tings (a.k.a. Rohan Newman) has now followed up his recent Who U Love 12'' with a remix of LA-based Australians Bag Raiders' (pictured above) latest production. Featured as the closing track on the duo's new Nairobi EP (out now via Modular), Newman's take on "Savannah" wades through more subdued territory than the dance-friendly original. read more

Hear an Upcoming 12" from MGUN Posted: 10 Jul 2014 07:39 AM PDT Underground Resistance affiliate Manuel Gonzales (a.k.a. MGUN) has maintained a busy release schedule in 2014, and he's now set to return to the burgeoning Berceuse Heroique label in early fall under his own name. read more

Four Tet Announces Remix 12" with Jay Daniel, Seven Davis Jr., and PhOtOmachine Posted: 10 Jul 2014 07:30 AM PDT When it comes to crafting melancholic, garage-influenced collages, few artists match the skills of Four Tet (a.k.a. Kieren Hebden), but apart from that, the UK producer has always had a good ear for A&R, having tapped the likes of Anthony Naples, Happa, and Container for remixes. Today, Hebden announced the imminent release of a new record for his Text label, which will feature remixes of tracks from his last album, Beautiful Rewind, by Jay Daniel, Seven Davis Jr., and PhOtOmachine. read more

Hear a New Collaborative Track from Funkineven and Jay Daniel Posted: 10 Jul 2014 07:23 AM PDT Since debuting on Eglo back in 2010, London-based DJ/producer Funkineven has been a champion of raw, acidic analog jams, with his own Apron imprint serving as a platform for the likes of not only himself, but also Greg Beato, Seven Davis Jr., and Adam Feingold. No stranger to collaboration, given his recent work with Delroy Edwards and as FunkinEvil with Kyle Hall, he's now teamed up with another hotly tipped Detroit talent, Jay Daniel, whose first release came out on Theo Parrish's Sound Signature label last year. read more

RBMA Announces the Complete List of Participants for Its 2014 Edition in Tokyo Posted: 10 Jul 2014 07:02 AM PDT Earlier this week, the folks at Red Bull Music Academy ended months of speculation and began notifying the thousands of artists who applied for this year's Academy in Tokyo whether or not they had been accepted. Although more than 6000 artists hoped to get in, only 60 were selected, and today, RBMA unveiled the complete list of this year's participants to the public. read more

Read About the Sing-Sing Break and How it Became the Backbone of Baltimore Club Posted: 10 Jul 2014 06:31 AM PDT Baltimore club is one of the most singular musical styles to have arrived in the past two decades, and a recent article from Red Bull Music Academy explores how a tiny break in a little-known disco track from 1978 formed "the backbone of a musical movement." read more

Radio Slave & Thomas Gandey "XLR8R" Posted: 10 Jul 2014 06:00 AM PDT Time-tested DJ/producer, Rekids label head, and founder of the new Electric Uniform clothing line, Matthew Edwards (a.k.a. read more